School Hard | Buffyverse Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Synopsis Spike's first visit to Sunnydale. Buffy has found herself and Sheila Martini in Principal Snyder 's office. He has decided that the two girls will prepare the school lounge for parent-teacher night on Thursday telling them that whoever does the better job will not be expelled. He also notes that doing a good job may affect what he tells their parents towards the positive. Sheila's continued unconcern puts even more pressure on Buffy, who already has a tough time balancing slaying with a social life. Joyce warns Buffy later that if she gets a bad report then she won't be allowed to spend time with her friends. That night, a new vampire by the name of Spike arrives in Sunnydale (making a grand entrance by knocking down the 'Welcome to...' sign). In the abandoned factory that is now their lair, the Anointed One has called together the few remaining members of the Order of Aurelius . With the Master dead and all hope of resurrecting him gone, they are now discussing who will serve alongside the Anointed One.

As the following Saturday is the Night of Saint Vigeous when a vampire's power is at its peak, it is agreed that whoever kills the Slayer will take the Master's place. As one vampire boasts of his prowess, Spike saunters in and puts him in his place. Spike then offers to kill Buffy for the Anointed One, revealing that he's already killed two Slayers. Suddenly Drusilla , Spike's paramour who has psychic abilities and is more than a little insane, arrives and begins to babble about what Buffy is doing and begs Spike to kill her. The Anointed One agrees to let Spike try. While the Scoobies are busy preparing for Parents' Night, Giles and Jenny Calendar show up to inform Buffy that Saturday will be the Night of Saint Vigeous, named after the leader of a vampire crusade, and that during that night the natural abilities of vampires will be enhanced. Buffy is unimpressed. Buffy tries to combine school and social life by studying French at the Bronze . Spike is there, too, and sends one of the Anointed One's minions to attack someone, then prompts Buffy to fight and slay the vampire while Spike watches.

Spike then steps out of the shadows and tells her that he will kill her on Saturday. He later bumps into Sheila, who is enthralled by his bad boy charm. Giles does not recognize Spike from Buffy's description. Angel walks in on the meeting and tells them that Spike is a large problem, and then leaves. Later, Giles finds a reference to Spike as "William the Bloody", and discovers that he has indeed killed two Slayers already and that the "Spike" moniker came from his custom of torturing his victims with railroad spikes. Spike and Drusilla settle into their new home, with Drusilla unpacking her collection of dolls. It soon emerges that Drusilla is ill following an altercation with an angry mob in Prague. Spike is hopeful that being so close to the Hellmouth will heal her and encourages her to eat something, indicating the bound Sheila. Drusilla warns Spike that the Anointed One and his followers don't trust him, then sends him up to the surface to feed as she feasts on Sheila. Miss Edith. On Thursday night, the Scoobies are making weapons in the library while Buffy is preparing the buffet.

Despite Buffy's best efforts to keep her mother from meeting any teachers or Principal Snyder, Joyce eventually meets the Principal, and then she sternly orders Buffy home just as Spike and the other vampires crash through the window, too impatient to wait for Saturday. In the ensuing fight, Buffy leads the adults to safety in the science room while Xander , Giles, and Ms. Calendar barricade themselves in the library. Willow and Cordelia hide in a utility closet. Xander is sent out to get Angel. Buffy takes command of the incredulous adults, telling them to stay put as she climbs through the air ducts to reach the library and her weapons. Xander returns to the school with Angel, who pretends to be his former evil self. Though Spike first welcomes Angel as a long-lost friend, he sees through the ruse and Xander and Angel are forced to flee. Xander hears Spike call Angel his "sire" and "Yoda." Buffy and Spike finally meet in the hall, and Buffy is almost bested when her mother shows up and hits Spike over the head with the flat of a fire axe . With the curse "Women!" he retreats.

Joyce tells Buffy that she doesn't care about what Snyder said and is proud to have a daughter who knows how to take care of herself and others in a crisis. Snyder tells the police chief to say that the trouble was caused by a gang on PCP . When the chief wonders if people will believe it, Snyder asks if he'd rather tell the truth. Meanwhile, not knowing the vampires are long gone, Willow and Cordelia are still hiding out in the utility closet where Cordelia prays to God to be rescued (while Willow is desperate to be rescued from Cordelia's company). Spike returns to the factory and meets with Drusilla, telling her that he's never encountered a Slayer with friends or family but still promises to kill her soon. He then approaches the Anointed One who demands penance for attacking too early. After starting to go through the motions, Spike decides that he won't reduce himself to grovelling for forgiveness from a kid and instead throws the boy in a cage and pulls it into the sun, killing him. From now on, he says, there will be less ritual and more fun in Sunnydale.

Continuity This episode is the first appearance of Spike, who will figure heavily both in this series and the final season of Angel . The episode also marks the first appearance of Drusilla, who was also a constant threat and influence in both series. Spike pronounces Angel's vampire name "AN-ge-lus" (similar to the pronunciation of the city of Los Angeles ); throughout the remainder of the series, the pronunciation "an-GE-lus" is more often used. Spike calls Angel his sire , an intentional misdirection to make fans believe that Angel was the vampire who sired him. When Spike uses sire he also mentions "Yoda", indicating that he thought of Angel as his mentor - the father-figure who taught him after he became a vampire. In interviews, Joss Whedon has stated that a "sire" can mean any vampire ancestor. So Spike can consider Drusilla, Angel, Darla, and the Master to all be his sires, even though he was sired by Dru. In this episode Spike seems quite happy to see Angel, although they have had a very rocky relationship even when Angel had no soul. This animosity will remain through both the Buffy and Angel series.

This episode establishes that Principal Snyder and the police are aware that there are supernatural happenings in Sunnydale. This foreshadows the development of Mayor Richard Wilkins as the "big bad" of season 3. At the end of the episode, Spike complains about "A Slayer with family and friends." Buffy's rejection of the typical "lone wolf" style of Slaying will come up frequently in the series, usually in the context of people questioning her competence. This is the first episode to reveal that Buffy's mother's name is Joyce . Spike tells Buffy that the last Slayer he killed begged for her life. The last Slayer Spike killed was Nikki Wood. In the episode " Fool for Love " we see Spike murder her, but we do not witness the exchange as the story unfolds, only through the Spike of the 1970s addressing Buffy in the present, and as such could be missing Nikki's pleas. Later in the Angel episode " Damage " we hear from deranged Slayer Dana that Nikki's plea was "Please, I have to get home to my son Robin". Despite, or because of, Joyce's attack on him in this episode, Spike later has a deep respect for Joyce Summers, developing somewhat of a friendship with her.

Joyce and Snyder meet for the first time in this episode, developing their mutual disdain into Season 3. Spike's rather dramatic arrival in Sunnydale (running over the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign) is later recreated in " Lovers Walk ", the only difference him being drunk. This episode marks the first time a vampire , The Anointed One, is killed by immolation in sunlight, though it occurs off screen. It will occur on screen for the first time in " Becoming, Part One ". The yo-yo Xander pulls out of Buffy's purse (while looking for a stake) is the same one she was playing with in the beginning of " Some Assembly Required ". In this episode we have Cordelia joining the other characters making stakes in the library without any specific backstory as to why she is there, marking her as a full Scooby for the first time. A possible clue as to Willow's future character development is found in the final scene where she and Cordelia are 'in the closet' together. This episode established that Spike killed two Slayers, an exception among vampires. Later, Drusilla will achieve this status by killing Kendra and Marianne .

When Sheila asks Buffy if she really burnt down a building one time, Buffy replies "Not exactly one time", referencing the previous episode where Buffy was involved in the burning down of an abandoned science building. Body Count The Anointed One , caged and exposed to the sunlight outside the Factory by Spike Behind the Scenes Production Show creators have stated in interviews included on the DVDs that Spike kills The Anointed One in this episode because Andrew J. Ferchland, who plays The Anointed One, had grown significantly over the summer hiatus, which contradicted the established doctrine that vampires do not age. Because of Ferchland's growth spurt, he remains seated for most of his scenes in season two. When Buffy first encounters the Big Ugly outside the Bronze, she tells Xander to go get a stake. The script reads "Xander races to the table. Opens Buffy's purse, claws through lipstick, make-up, hair brush, a tampon! XANDER - Ahhh! He drops it like a hot tampon, finally finds a stake, runs." Broadcast "School Hard" had an audience of 3.4 million households.

Deleted Scenes Buffy: "That was my next guess." Pop Culture References Willow is wearing a Scooby-Doo shirt at the PTA night. The title and some plot elements of this episode are reminiscent of the action film Die Hard . Giles comments that the name Spike is "a little unorthodox " for a vampire, to which Buffy replies: "maybe he's Reform ." Spike calls Angel an " Uncle Tom ," a term that refers to a black person who is overly submissive towards a white person. The death of the Anointed bears a resemblance to the death of Claudia, who was also a child vampire, in Interview with the Vampire . Spike mentioned Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back , referenced in the dialogue: "You were my sire, man! You were my... Yoda!" Woodstock, which Spike attended, was a musical festival held in a farmer's field in Woodstock, NY, the weekend of August 15–17, 1969. Featuring such acts as Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, and the Grateful Dead, the event immediately came to symbolize the bohemian atmosphere and hippie culture of the free-love late 1960s.

Goofs, Bloopers & Continuity Errors When Cordelia is talking to Buffy the position in which her arms are change significantly throughout the scene. International Titles Finnish: Kovaa Koulua (Tough School) Brazilian Portuguese: A Escola da Pesada (The school of tough) German: Elternabend mit Hindernissen (Parent-Teacher Conference with obstacles) Music This episode is included in The Slayer Collection: Spike DVD. Quotes Buffy - (learning French with Willow) "La vache… doit me… touche… de la… jeudi. (looks at Willow) Was it wrong? Should I use the plural?" Willow - "No. But you said 'The cow should touch me from Thursday'." Buffy - "Maybe that's what I was feeling." Willow - "And you said it wrong." Buffy - "Oh, je stink." Joyce - "So, what do you think your teachers are gonna tell me about you?" Buffy - "Well, I think they'll all agree that I always bring a pen to class, ready to absorb the knowledge." Joyce - "And, uh, this absorption rate?

How is it reflected in your homework and test scores?" Buffy - "What can you really tell about a person from a test score?" Joyce - "Whether or not she's ever going out with her friends again." Spike - "If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was actually there, it would've been like Woodstock." Giles - "For three nights, the unholy ones scourge themselves into a fury, um, culminating in a savage attack on the Night of St. Vigeous." Xander - "Does anybody remember when Saturday night meant date night?" Cordelia - "You sure don't." Cordelia - "My guess? Tenth high school reunion, you'll still be grounded." Spike - (after coming two days early) "What can I say? I couldn't wait." Cordelia - "And if you get me out of this, I swear I'll never be mean to anyone ever again.

Unless they really deserve it or if it's that time of the month, in which case I don't think you or anyone else can hold me responsible..." Willow - (bored to death) "Ask for some aspirin." Cordelia - "And can you please send some asp- Hey." Buffy - "So, what did you and Principal Snyder talk about, anyway?" Joyce - "Principal Snyder said you were a troublemaker." (Buffy looks down in shame) "And I could care less." (Buffy looks back up) "I have a daughter who can take care of herself; who's brave and resourceful and thinks of others in a crisis. No matter who you hang out with or what dumb teenage stuff you think you need to do, I'm gonna sleep better knowing all that." Buffy - "About how long 'til this wears off and you start ragging on me again?" Joyce - "Oh, at least a week and a half." Buffy - "Very cool!" Xander - "So, when you gave him my neck to chew on, why didn't you clock him before he had a chance to clock you?" Angel - "I told you. I couldn't make the first move.

I had to see if he was buying it or not." Xander - "A-and if he bit me, what then?" Angel - "We would've known he bought it." Spike - "A Slayer with family and friends. That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure." Spike - "From now on, there's going to be a little less ritual and a little more fun around here!" References ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Golden, Christopher, and Nancy Holder. The Watcher's Guide, Vol. 1. New York: Pocket Books, 1998. Sunnydale High School | Buffyverse Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Add photo Sunnydale High facilities included a library located around the middle of the school over the exact place of the Hellmouth. [3] The library acted as the Scooby Gang's main base of operations and strangely was not often used by the students with the exception of the more studious. [4] Cordelia Chase herself did not enter the library until she needed the gang's help as she claimed that she "had a life".

[5] The library has been known to give students the wiggins and when Rupert Giles took the position as librarian, he added many historical volumes and biographies (probably about Demonology and the Occult). [6] After the school's reconstruction, the site of the old library was replaced by the Principal's office [7] and according to former librarian, Giles, it consisted of nothing but computers. [8] However, a library with books was the place where Dawn befriend Cassie Newton and the base of the Cult of Avilas . [9] A pep rally at the quad The stair case Add photo Quad A prominent area was the quad, a large exterior area located at the left of the school with a gate at the end of quad. The quad had benches, palm trees, a water fountain, and a clock tower where in 1999, the heavily bullied and ignored Jonathan Levinson almost killed himself. [10] . In 1997, The Pack search fresh prey before to think to Herbert the Pig . [1] . The invisible Marcie Ross pushes Harmony Kendall in staircases, causing her a broken leg.

[11] In 1998, Oz accept himself like a werewolf here. [12] .When all the student girls fall all in love with Xander under Amy Madison 's spell, Harmony save Xander from Willow also charmed who tried to kill him with hacket for to had broken her heart [13] . Cordy reject the Cordettes , decided to be Xander's girlfriend. Humiliated by the Cordettes , Cordelia pronounce her wish to her new friend Anyanka , basculating her into another reality where the quad is almost empty. [14] Many organized events occurred in the quad, such as the announcement of the Mayfair Queen, [5] pep rallys, [10] " and the graduation of the Class of '99 . Lounge Add photo The school possessed a lounge room contained among the hallways to the left of the entrance. The lounge had tables, couches and artwork displayed on the walls, where students could sit down, talk and eat lunch in between classes. The Scooby Gang tended hang out in the lounge when not in class or in the library.

[15] In 1997, parent teacher night, organized by Buffy and Sheila Martini , was held in the lounge before the school was attacked by vampires. [16] The students also completed their vocational aptitude tests at the lounge before the Career Fair where the assassin Patrice attempted to kill Buffy, disguised as police officer conducting the students selected for law enforcement. [17] [18] . Snyder employs all students to sell surnatural chocolates for the school brass band [19] Cafeteria Add photo The school dining facility. [5] In 1997, Dr. Gregory 's beheaded body was found here by Buffy and Cordelia. [20] </nowiki> In 1998, a poltergeist conjured a large number of snakes at the cafeteria. This resulted in the school being temporarily shutdown and the Sadie Hawkins dance being cancelled.

[21] Buffy Summers collapsed in the school cafeteria due to the amount of thoughts that plagued her mind when she had Telepathy , where in that moment she heard a thought of someone who wanted to kill all the students, only to discover it was of the Lunch Lady who tried to kill Xander Harris with a butcher in the cafeteria after he found her pouring rat poison in the student's lunch. Buffy then came to the rescue and overwhelmed the Lunch Lady. [10] The Scooby Gang had their exchange of the Box of Gavrok and Willow Rosenberg with the Mayor at the cafeteria after school hours. [22] Jenny Calender's computer classroom Add photo The computer class taught by Jenny Calendar (1997-1998), and then Willow Rosenberg (Spring 1998). Moloch the Corruptor memorized students like David Kirby and Fritz Siegel . It was here that David was killed by Fritz under the orders of Moloch after betraying them. [23] . In 1998, Jenny deciphered the remaining text of the rituals of the undead before Angelus killed her and destroyed the computer containing the deciphered text.

[4] Luckily for the Scooby Gang , Jenny contained the information on a floppy disk that was eventually found by Willow Rosenberg [24] Gym Add photo The gymnasium was where indoor sports events were held such as the basket ball matches with other schools. [25] Cheerleading practice and auditions were held in the gym, where in one of these auditions Amber Grove 's hands combusted when she was cursed by a witch . [25] and Dawn Summers made a disastrous performance [26] . When heavy storms occurred, all regular gym classes would be cancelled and students were instead forced to play dodge ball. [1] Self-defense classes where also taught during the full moon after a string of werewolf attacks in 1998. [12] I t was also the room where protecting Billy Palmer , Buffy was attacked by The Monster . [27] Football field Add photo An outdoor area where football was practiced and played with opposing teams from other schools. Xander Harris question in vain Cordelia Chase on Emily Djemanowicz 's murder. [28] Rupert Giles and Jenny Calendar attended a football game on their first date.

At the same game, Cordelia Chase , a cheerleader, was kidnapped by Daryl Epps . [29] The Peruvian Bodyguard attack here Xander and the false Ampata Gutierrez . [30] The Scooby Gang attented a football game includes Hogan Martin . [31] When the school was rebuilt, Dawn Summers feel in love with R.J. Brooks when she saw him with his magical letterman jacket while he was practicing on the field. [26] Pool and Steam Room Add photo The swimming pool located inside the school for the Razorbacks ' swim team to practice and compete in. It had a locker room and steam room. The steam room was exclusively for swim team members and was used by Coach Carl Marin to provide the swim team with steroids via aromatherapy. The pool room also lead to a utility room contained a water hole where Marin kept the students who turned into Gill Monsters due to the steroids. The water hole was also connected to the sewers which allowed the Gill Monsters to roam around the school and the rest of Sunnydale. [32] Shower and Changing Rooms Add photo The shower and dressing rooms were located inside the school for the students to change and clean up during PE classes.

In 1997, Aura discovered the corpse of Chris Boal hidden inside her dressing room locker. [33] . Cordelia menace Amy Madison (in reality Catherine Madison ), provocate her fury. [34] . Buffy was almost killed by electrocution in the shower by Fritz Siegel under Moloch 's orders. [35] . Month later, Emily Djemanowicz was killed by Marc in the females' dressing room [36] and Mitch Fargo was attacked by a flying baseball bat in the males'. [37] . In 1998, persuaded that Larry Blaisdell was a werewolf, Xander is surprised that the boy hide his gay orientation. [38] . Later, Xander is attacked by Cameron Walker , transformed into Fish Man . [39] . Auditorium Add photo The school had an auditorium where the Sunnydale Talent Show was held, including one in 1997 where a demon posing as a student began killing participants and extracting their organs in order to retain human form, ending at his death which occurred just before the talent show commenced.

[40] When her nightmare becomes reality under influence from Billy Palmer , Willow accompanied Aldo Gianfranco on stage here as a soprano to perform Madame Butterfly. [41] The school's performance of Romeo and Juliet where Andrew Wells released a pack of flying monkeys was probably held here. In a dream, Willow was present here for play in a representation of Death of a Salesman alongside Harmony Kendall ,Buffy and Riley Finn and staged by Giles. [42] Principal's office Add photo The office of Robert Flutie (?-1997), R. Snyder (1997-1999) and Robin Wood (2002-2003). It was the site of Flutie's death at the hands of the pack when they were called to his office and devoured him (the official theory being that he was attacked by wild dogs) [1] . When the school was rebuilt, the office was placed where the library use to be, meaning it was directly over the Hellmouth . As a vampire hunter , Wood kept an arsenal of bladed weapons concealed in a cabinet inside his office.

[43] In 2003, it was the place where Willow launches the spell for to activate all the Slayers. Basement Add photo The basement level of the school with a boiler room..In 1997, a student Laura Egler isolates herself there to smoke a cigarette and was beaten by the Ugly Man . [27] In 1998, a tunnel was made in the boiler room that led to the location of the Bezoar who used its offspring, distributed via eggs in Health Class, to possess the student body as well as the faculty, and make them mine underground. This was stopped when Buffy killed the beast. [44] . After the rebuilding of the school, a tormented Spike took residence in the basement until he moved out. During the first day of school, Dawn Summers and two other students became trapped in the basement where they were attacked by a group of vengeful manifestations until Xander destroyed the talisman keeping them alive. [45] The Seal of Danthalzar was located in the basement was only discovered when Jonathan Levinson and Andrew Wells dug it up out of the ground before.

The seal was a direct entrance to the Hellmouth, containing thousands of Turok-Han vampires, likewise, many attempts were made to open it. Buffy and the Potential Slayers used the seal to enter the Hellmouth and commence the Battle at the Hellmouth . [2] School Life Xander: "Something weird is going on. Isn't that our school motto?" Buffy: "Pretty much." — Buffy and Xander [src] Despite being on the site of a Hellmouth , most students and faculty members continued with their lives, living in ignorance of the supernatural forces that cursed their town. The occurrence of strange events and bizarre deaths were ongoing even though acknowledged, yet forgotten while Principal Snyder came up with flimsy rationalizations, often blaming gang-related PCP. [16] Deaths due to supernatural causes was common among both students and teachers. Larry Blaisdell was certain at the start of his senior year that it would be the best football season ever, so long as they can "focus, keep discipline and not have quite as many mysterious deaths", [46] and the school paper even had it's own obituaries section.

[10] Despite this, the Class of '99 had the lowest mortality rate of any graduating class in the history of Sunnydale, with at least around 30 student deaths (including sirings ) over three years. [47] Apart from that, life on Sunnydale High still continued with their very own "it-girl" group called, the Cordettes , and many school social functions, including basketball, [25] football, [10] cheerleading, [25] swing choir, [48] homecoming dances, [49] and foreign student exchange programs. [50] Faculty Eyghon the Sleepwalker kill Philip Henry and possess Jenny Calendar A Tarakan assassin tried to kill Buffy Summers , though only was able to seriously wound Oz. 1998 A bezoar managed to possess the entire student body and faculty by having its eggs distributed during health class. The entire female population, both students and faculty, fell under a love spell that had been cast by Amy Madison. The computer teacher Jenny Calendar was killed by Angelus after translating the Ritual of Restoration . The school was temporarily shutdown when it became haunted by a poltergeist , who was actually the spirit of James Stanley.

The swim team started turning into fish-like monsters when the coach drugged them with Soviet experiments. Kendra the Slayer was killed by Drusilla in the library. A student began taking a special potion which led him into becoming a monster and killing the guidance councilor , his girlfriend and releasing a werewolf out of his cage. During Slayer Fest 98's, Lyle , Candy Gorch and the Gruenshtahler Twins attack Buffy, Cordelia and Giles. Under band candy's magic effect, all the staff was reversed to their teenage self. Spike kidnaps Xander and Willow so that she will concoct a love potion for Drusilla . 1999 The student's lockers were forcibly searched for witch -related tools. The Hellmouth was once again opened by the Sisterhood of Jhe and a group of zombies attempt to blow the school up. Rupert Giles and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce were kidnapped by the El Eliminati vampires. Willow was attacked by her vampiric counterpart. Jonathan Levinson attempted to kill himself in the school quad, but was convinced otherwise by Buffy who thought he was going to kill the student body.

The lunch lady actually attempted to poison the students with rat poison but this was also prevented by Buffy. Sunnydale High is destroyed A trade occurred in the cafeteria where the Mayor offered Willow Rosenberg in exchange for the Box of Garvrok . A group of hellhounds were let loose during Senior Prom but were fortunately killed by Buffy who later received an award at that event. The school was blown-up at a graduation during a hectic battle between the Mayor and the graduating students. 2000 A trio of Vahrall Demons attempted to reopen the Hellmouth at the destroyed school by preforming a special ritual . After leaving the Initiative , Riley Finn took shelter in the school's remains. 2002 Shortly after its reopening, three manifestations terrorized Dawn Summers and several other students on their first day. The Reopening A group of students led by Peter Nicols attempted to sacrifice Cassie Newton to summon the demon Avilas . Even though Buffy managed to stop them, Cassie still died of heart failure. A school jock unknowingly made several females fall in love with him, including Buffy the school counselor, because of a mystical jacket . Jonathan Levinson was killed by Andrew Wells to open the Seal of Danzalthar.

Amanda and Dawn were chased by a vampire, which was eventually dealt with along with several Bringers . A Turok-Han Vampire was released from the seal with the blood of Spike. 2003 The demon Lissa nearly released another Turok-Han with the blood of Xander. The opening of the seal caused a number of strange occurrences at the school. This was stopped by Andrew's tears. Faith Lehane and Robin Wood speak of their night when they make love. The Slayer who never follows up her stories, is for once convinced to go farther. Willow, under Kennedy 's protection, launch the spell with the Scythe who give powers to all Slayers . The school, left completely abandoned, was destroyed along with the whole town after the battle at the Hellmouth . Undated Events Andrew Wells summoned a pack of flying monkeys to attack the school's production of Romeo & Juliet. Alternate Timeline Cordelia Chase was visited by Anyanka , causing an alternate timeline to exist where many of the student population, including Willow and Xander, has been killed and sired by vampires. Groups and Clubs Librarian Rupert Giles came to lead the Watchers Council .

Gallery See Sunnydale High School/Gallery Behind the Scenes The real building was Torrance High School , located in southern California. The same location was used in Beverly Hills, 90210 . [51] The second school was filmed at California State University in Northridge, California. It's very likely the school was built sometime after the 1930s as it's shown in " Welcome to the Hellmouth " that the church is located directly beneath the Sunnydale High entrance, meaning it might have been built in place of the church after it sunk into the ground. The building was also used as the location for the high school in the 1999 teen romantic comedy She's All That . Sarah Michelle Gellar had a cameo appearance in a cafeteria scene as a student. Her real-life husband Freddie Prinze, Jr. portrayed the male protagonist. Appearances As a constant location, the Sunnydale High School appears in every episode of the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer until its first destruction.

The remains are a occasionally seen in Seasons 4 and 5.: in the episodes " Doomed ", " This Year's Girl ", " New Moon Rising ", " The Yoko Factor ", " Primeval ", " Restless " (only in dream) and " Out of My Mind ". It doesn't appear in Season 6. It was reconstructed in Season 7. Buffy Is Sweet, 16 and Slaying Vampires - The New York Times The New York Times Television |Buffy Is Sweet, 16 and Slaying Vampires Search Buffy Is Sweet, 16 and Slaying Vampires By JUSTINE ELIAS Continue reading the main story DON'T mess with Buffy. The perky, preternaturally wise high school girl may seem like a pushover at first, but she's a uniquely talented 16-year-old. As she sheds her girlish interests and assumes the job of protecting her hometown, Buffy Summers becomes a heroine who'd make both Joseph Campbell and Judy Blume proud. When the going gets rough, she starts kick boxing and staking vampires through the heart.

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' which made its debut on the WB network last month, is a continuation of the 1992 horror-comedy film of the same name. The cinematic Buffy (Kristy Swanson) was a wealthy Los Angeles girl who reluctantly quit the cheerleading squad to vanquish an army of bloodsucking monsters at her high school prom. The series stars 20-year-old Sarah Michelle Gellar, who remains cheerful and fierce throughout, whether she's pummeling a teen-age witch, singing ''Macho Man'' before cheerleader tryouts or staring off into space during biology class. As the series opened, Miss Gellar's Buffy was expelled from her posh city school for starting fights (with vampires) and wrecking the gymnasium during a prom night melee (they started it). Now enrolled at suburban Sunnydale High School, she would prefer to keep a low profile. But she must resume her slayer training when she realizes that her new hometown sits atop a locus of evil called Hellmouth. Joss Whedon, who wrote the film's screenplay and serves as the series' creator and executive producer, says he aimed to create a weekly action thriller laced with comedy.

''We're not doing a spoof,'' says Mr. Whedon. ''It's larger than life, but we are very much involved with these characters.'' Buffy's rough transition into a new high school reflects the experience of the character's 30-year-old creator, a New Yorker who transferred to a British boarding school during his senior year. ''I started quoting Monty Python routines, and they accepted me,'' he says. ''I plan to grow out of my high school nerd phase by the time I hit my early 40's.'' Continue reading the main story After receiving a degree in literature from Wesleyan College, Mr. Whedon moved to Los Angeles and started pitching original scripts. ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' written when he was in his early 20's, was his first produced screenplay, so he didn't have much control over the results. The light, satirical tone of the movie, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, didn't jibe with his original idea. Where the movie emphasized Buffy's shallow concerns -- she was obsessed with being popular and running the school's social scene -- the series allows its heroine to befriend her high school's most eccentric characters.

Adolescent snobbery is left to the show's comic foil, Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), who sneers at one un-chic classmate, ''I see you've discovered the softer side of Sears.'' Advertisement Continue reading the main story ''Buffy could have become just like Cordelia if she hadn't been the slayer,'' Mr. Whedon says. ''She's an outsider, and she gravitates toward outsiders in her new school.'' The gregarious, confident heroine befriends a shy computer hacker named Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and a would-be Don Juan (Nicholas Brendon) who suffers from a tragic hairstyle and a premature sense of his own attractiveness to girls. Buffy's mentor in vampire-slaying is the school's British librarian, played by Anthony Stewart Head, the actor who stars in a series of Taster's Choice coffee advertisements. Another subplot involves Buffy's fascination with a mysterious young man named Angel who seems to have been expelled from the vampire clan for being too gorgeous. Miss Gellar, a show business veteran who started making stage appearances and television commercials when she was 5, says she isn't a particular fan of gory horror movies.

''To me, the scariest elements of horror films are the things that could really happen,'' she says. ''And what is more scary than high school?'' In coming episodes, Buffy will battle more than just vampires: robots run amok, a ventriloquist's dummy comes to life, the mean kids are possessed by hyenas and a sexy substitute teacher turns out to be a praying mantis. ''There's stuff everyone can relate to,'' she says. ''A teen-age girl feels so invisible that she becomes invisible, and a former cheerleader would literally destroy people to get back on the team.'' Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy Recent vampire tales have emphasized the genre's sexual undertones, but Mr. Whedon says that interpretation wasn't appropriate for a youth-oriented television series. None of the main characters, including the adult librarian, are sexually active, though their curiosity and fear heightens every foray into danger. ''We had to invent new slang when the boys start talking about the substitute teacher,'' said Mr. Whedon.

''It kind of points out that they don't know exactly what they are talking about.'' Mr. Whedon's talent for creating strong female characters was a crucial factor in having the show accepted by the WB network, which was looking to attract young viewers. After the modest success of the ''Buffy'' film, Mr. Whedon was hired to rewrite the scripts for ''Speed,'' ''Twister,'' and the forthcoming ''Alien 4: Resurrection,'' all big-budget action films with self-reliant female leads. ''Buffy may grouse about it, but she has heroic instincts. I seem to be the guy for strong action women,'' he says. ''A lot of writers are just terrible when it comes to writing female characters. They forget that they are people.'' (Mr. Whedon's most successful script, however, was for the animated film ''Toy Story,'' which earned him an Academy Award nomination.) For Miss Gellar, the role is a chance to try something new. She won an Emmy award for her work on ''All My Children,'' in which she played Susan Lucci's hell-raising daughter.

''I seduced my stepfather, and when he wouldn't sleep with me, I slept with the stable boy, cried rape and my mother stabbled him with a letter opener,'' she recalls. ''Then I went to jail for perjury, burned my parents' divorce papers and locked up my little sister. I think that was all in the first week.'' Advertisement Continue reading the main story Though Miss Gellar, a native of Manhattan, was a show-business kid who attended a private school for young performers, she says she is familiar with all the travails of adolescence. ''What I like about the show is that it reminds you it's O.K. to be different,'' she said. ''What people think isn't necessarily true. If people walk away with half of that, we've done our job.''

Question: What was the name of the school attended by 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'?
Answer: 'SUNNYDALE HIGH'